Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, although Trump budget cuts may thwart their efforts.
By Jim Robbins and Ruth Fremson
Alejandra Zúñiga
Trilobites
An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.
By Kenneth Chang
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3I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the galaxy.
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Looking back at an awkward moment in the history of adolescent psychology.
By Matt Richtel
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The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cuts in the Trump administration and actions by other world powers may alter the environment.
By Sarah Scoles
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Pet Theory
Could insect meal and lab-grown meat be a more sustainable, ethical way to feed our cats and dogs?
By Emily Anthes
Science Advances
Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world.
By Gina Kolata
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Origins
To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions. It now answers questions much like we do.
By Carl Zimmer
Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and learn what they really are.
By Elizabeth Preston
Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.
By Veronique Greenwood
The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes.
By Hiroko Tabuchi
He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s helical structure.
By Delthia Ricks
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Even in places, like Central Texas, with a long history of floods, human-caused warming is creating the conditions for more frequent and severe deluges.
By Raymond Zhong
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Here’s a rundown on the winners and losers in the legislation muscled through Congress.
By Brad Plumer
Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters
The spacecraft, MethaneSAT, was just a year into its mission to provide a clearer picture of planet-warming emissions from oil and gas sites.
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Animation by Aimee Sy
How the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is dismantling the agency.
By Jeneen Interlandi
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